Mechanism for controlling the relative position of a tool and work.



F. B. KEALL. MECHANISM FOR CONTROLLING THE RELATIVE POSITION 01? A TOOL AND WQBK.

v APPLIOATION FILED SEPT. 28, 190B- 1,048,174. v Patented Dec. 24, 1912, z sums-sum 1 I/I/UNES'SESZ y P. B. KBALL.

MECHANISM FOR CONTROLLING THE RELATIVE POSITION OF A TOOL AND WORK.

. A PPLIOATION FILED SEPT. 28, 1908.

Patented De0.-24, 1912.

Z SHEETS-$11133! 2.

. To all whom it may concerns ra ns P TENT err-ion. i

.FRANK BYoRor'r EALL, or ztnrcnszrnn, ENGLAND, assrelvoia To unrrnn SHOE MACHI ERY COMPANY, or JERSEY.

rnrpnson, eraser, A ooarona'rron or NEW MECHANISM FOR con'rnonmne run nELn'rIvn POSITION or A Tool. AND WORK.

. Sp ifi a n o L t P n Patented Dec. 24', 1912,

. Application riled fieptember zg, 1908. Serial fie. 455,211.

Be it known that I, FRANK B. KEALL, a. subject of the King of England, residin at Leicester, in the county of Leicester, ngland, have invented certain Improvements in Mechanism for Controlling the Relative Position of a Tool and Work, of which the following description, in connection with the. accompanying drawings, is a specification, like reference characters on the drawlngs 1n- -dicating like parts in the several figures.

This invention relates to machines of the general type in which a tool is caused to operate progressively along work and in which the relative position of tool and work during such operation is automatically determined according to changes in the curvature or general direction of some existing or desired contour of the work.

The invention is applicable specifically to machines whereina tool and work are re quired to have relative movement in a path agreeing with an existing contour of the work or with a contour which is to be given to it or in. a path which though not in precise agreement with the contour has a predetermined relation thereto.

A primary object of the invention is to provide a machine which while producinga high quality of work will be substantially automatic inoperation or, at least, will require no considerable degree of skill on the part of the operator.

Hence, an important feature of, this invention consists in providing a machine having means which acts automatically to maintain the tool and work approximately in the desired relation with mechanism for correcting the relative position of tool and work, i. c. 40

for bringing these parts exactly or substantially into the desired relation. This feature of the invention may beembodied in a machine comprising guiding means which normally compels the relativemovement of tool and work to conform ,to a'path. not possess ing the desired contour or which brings these parts only approximately into the desired ;relation,'in combination with additional adjusting or correcting means which modifies the action of said guiding means and thereby causes the path of relative movement to conform :to said contouror maintains .aprede;

. termined .relation of tool and work notwithstanding changes in contour.

' Another important. feature of the-inven-j.

tion 'involves the combination of a correcting device or feeler zwhich may be a tool) that bears upon some contour of the work or ,Ordinarily, when the work already has some permanent or basic contour, the feeler will directlyengage that contour and the-relative posltion of tool and work will corre- .spond to such. contour, but if the workhas.

yet to be given such a contour the feeler will engage some other corresponding pattern surface. It is to .be understood, therefore, that theterms form 1 pattern surface and contour may apply to some ,portion of the work itself or to some external guide.

Nevertheless, it is considered desirable. to

make use of some existing contour of the work as a form or guide where possible since in such case no special pattern or cam is required and the samemachine with no substitution of parts and practically without adjustment can be employed for work varying considerably in style or size. Hence, the

employment of a feeler arranged to engage a contour of the work is animportant element of the preferred embodiment of the invention.

Preferably, though not necessarily, both work and tool are sustained'and "guided in their movements automatically for; while the traversing movement of the work with relation to the tool maybe effected by hand, yet it is contemplated that the machine will usually be made entirely automatic in its action so that all movements will be eitected and controlled through power actuated mechanism and so that no attention on the v to give a desired correction to the relative position of work and tool.

[The invention is intended more particuduring such progressive movement substantially normal in one or more planes to the contour of the work or in some other defi nite angular relation thereto.

To this end, the invention comprises means controlled by the work or by a suitable pattern surface for swinging the work and tool relatively in one or more directions to effect this desired result. In the preferred embodiment of this feature of the in vention, two or more feelers of which one may be a tool or all may be tools) contacting with one or more pattern surfaces or forms are employed. As illustrated, each pair of feelers engages its own pattern surface, one feeler being a slight dis tance in advance of the other. -These feelers, while not necessarily both movable are so disposed or operated that changes in the curvature or general direction of the pat tern surface passing them will by altering their relative position cause the adjusting mechanism controlled by them to effect an adjustment or correction of the relative p osition of work and tool so as to maintain ing their form engaging ends alters its di rection with any alteration in the curvature or general direction of the pattern surface,

- while a member connected to the feelers likewise alters its position or direction and thereby controls adjusting mechanism which effects a relative angular adjustment. between the work and the line of'action of the tool. Where correction is required-in more than one plane, a plurality of such correcting devices or feelers as have been hereinbefore mentioned,.or of sets of such devices may be employed, one set-of de vices correcting the relative position in one plane and the other or others in one or more planes transverse thereto; Moreover, such correcting devics fit-ting or resting upon the work or other pattern surface so as to follow its angular deviations may, according to this invention, be so connected with the adjusting mechanism that their movement will effect the ecessary relative adjustment of tool and work by turning the tool with relation to the work about an axis or about axes in a plurality of planes or about axes approximately parallel thereto and, by such turning, correction of compen-' sation for small deviations of the work out of its general plane will be effected and thus the operating part of the tool will be maintained in its original relation to the face of the work, notwithstanding slight deviations thereof from its general direction.

One of the many particular constructions falling within'the scope of the present invention, as already outlined, comprises a work support niovable with relation to a tool, for example in a horizontal plane, over a plane supporting surface and controlled as to its path of movement by mechanism including two guiding points and automatic .means for changing the relative position thereof in order to maintain a predetermined relation between tool and work support. In the illustrated embodiment of the invention, the work support is-provided in. its lower face with a 'cam groove which receives two studs secured to a pivoted lever. The cam groove is of such shape that the studs,- if stationary, would determine the path of the Work support as it is -moved over its supporting surface and would maintain work and tool in approximately the desired relation but in order to correct such relative position of tool and work or to bring them into the exact relation desired, the lever carrying the studs is operatively connected with hydraulic or equivalent ad-.

just-ing mechanism, the action of which is' controlled, as by valves, from feelers which bear upon some pattern surface, such as the edge of a shoe-sole or some other contour of thework. With such construction as the'point of operation progresses along the work, the shape of the pattern surface will determine the relative positions of the two feelers. As one of them changes its position with reference to the other, the hydraulic mechanism willswing the pivoted lever carrying the two studs and will thereby shift the 'work support and change the normal path of. work, work support and cam, all in relation to the tool, thus correcting or varying the guiding effect of the contour of the cam groove and bringing the path of relative movement into agreement- With the existing or desired contour of the work. 1

Since this specific mechanism just doscribed is capable of making the correct-ion in one plane only, variations of the contour of the work from this". plane are not compensated for by it. When, however, as-in the case of the edge of a sole of a shoe, there are deviations in. the contour from the general ,plane of the surface of the work, a pair of feelers will preferably be provided to bear againstanother conto ur of the work or pattern surface such as the tread face of thevsole. This pair of feelers may likewise be connected" to adjusting mechanism of the character already explained so that as this other contour changes the tool may belturned about its own axis so that its angular position will be changed to correspond with such second contour.

Another feature of the invention relates to the means for transmitting to the correct- 'particularkind, yet it is intended more paremployed 1n cutting .them, Y into operation. In the illustrated embodlment of this feature of'the invention, there ing mechanism the relative movement-of the feelers 1n and out without effecting any operation of the correcting mechanism but, whenever there is any relative movement between "the correcting mechanism is thrown are provided a pair of levers arranged to swing about an axis colncldlng'wlth the normal or lnoperative position of the free end of a difierentially moved leverconnecting said levers to a valve which directly controls hydraulic adjusting mechanism. When the feelers which are positively gonnected to the respective levers move together" the valve will not be actuated but Wlien'they move with reference to each other the levers will berelatively moved and the. valve will be will be caused to operate.

. While obviously 'the opened and thus the correcting mechanism resent invention as P 9 above outlined, is not limited in the scope of its application to use in the performance of any particular operation upon-work of a ticularly for use in the manufacture of boots and shoes and especially in shaping or performing some other operation upon a shoe sole. For exam Ie, the invention may be out, trimming, or channeling soles, flaps, in burnishing or wheeling edges, or in sewing the inseam or the outseam of a welt shoe or the seam of a turned shoe. Accordto the particular class of work to be done, acorrection of position, such as has been before referred to, may be required in one plane. only or in several planes. Itwill be understood also that in perfor 'ning these I or other various operations, different well known operating tools will be employed.

.The present'inyention, however, does not in volve the specific COl'lStlilCtlOH of such tools 'rily to mechanism for positioning the work .i'elatively to a-tool or as a whole.

s perfluo s to a combination of tools For this reason it is deemed In carrying out this feature of the invention, the'feelers are so supported and arranged that they may be moved together in turning or setting channelde is th Present spseious machines to which the present invention maybe applied.

Any one skilled in the art will be ableto v apply the principle of the invention to various types of machines now in use for performing any of the known operations above suggested, especially since the manner of applying the invention to a machine of one nowntype will now be set forth in greater detail. Hence, the term tool as employed in the specifica'tion and claims isintended to cover not only a single tool, such as an edge setting tool, but a combination of tools, such as those commonly used in forming stitches.

The present invention will now be described with the aid of the accompanying drawings as embodied in a machine for setting or burnishing the sole edges of boots-or shoes.

In the drawings,-Figure l is a side elevation of the machine; Fig. 2 is an end elevation; Fig. 3 is a plan with the upper part of the tool holder removed; Fig. 4 is a .per-, spective view of the edge setting tool and tie correcting feelers, in operation upon the work, certain of the parts that would con-' coal other arts being broken away and the supports fin the feelers being shown in broken lines, for the sake of clearness; Fig. .5 is a detail View of one of the connections, t.o be referred to, being substantially a sec tion uponthe line5!, Fig. 4; Fig. 6 is a longitudinal section in plan of one of the controlling valves for the hydraulic mechanism'; and Fig. 7 is a central transverse sec tion of the same. drawn to a scale that is larger than that t which Figs. 1, 2 and 3 are drawn.

The machine shown in the drawings in order concretely to illustrate the invention is Figs. 4, 5, 6 and 7 are of the general typedisclosed in British Letters Patent N 0. 22003 of 1905, and No. 22084 of 1906. The illustrated machine comprises a work support 2 which is provided with abutments 4, 6 and clampsS, 10 which may be adjusted by the operator for holding securely a boot orshoe S in place. This support 2 presents a lower plane surface slidable horizontally on a bearing plate 12 carried by chine frame 16. The work support 2 controlled as to its path of movement upon the plate l2 by a cam groove 18 (Fig. 3) which is formed in the underside of the support and which cooperates with roll or other studs 20 that are supported and moved to control the position of the work support in a manner presently to be described. V The edge setting tool 22 (Figs. 1, 3 and 4) is adjustably secured by a bolt 24; in a tool holder 26 which is journaled at'28 to. a carrier 30 so that it may turn about an axis that is normal to the acting surface of the t elh arri r 0,111 n, i pi t pillars 14 extending from the ma- 32 to arms 34 projecting forward from a lever 36 which is forked at its lower end (Fig. 2) where it is pivoted, at 38, to the frame 16.

The tool 22 is provided with lips or projections which, as shown in Fig. 4e, overlap theupper and lower surfaces of the projecting sole edge E of the shoe S and prevent the tool from slipping 01f the edge as the work support moved to rub the work against the tool. The tool is kept up to the work by the action of a spring 4-0 in compression between a suitable abutmeat on the frame 16 and a collar 42 on a rod H pivoted at 46 to the lever 36. Although the lower abutment are not shown in the drawings, the rod preferably extends through a hole in the said abutment and is provided with a collar or head which engages the lower side of the abuti'nent thus limiting, in a well known manner, theiorward movement of the tool toward the work support 2 when the shoe is removed therefrom.

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In the embodiment of the invention illustrated, the work is carried progressively past the tool. and it is contemplated that a rapid vibratory motion between sole edge and tool may also be provided, if desired, as is common 'in this class of machines. To this end, the work support 2 may be oscillated by hand or by any suitable power actuated mechanism. In the drawings, chains or belts 48, the respectit e ends of which are secured at 49 to opposite sides of the work support, are connected to some driving mechanism oi any known or desired construction suitable for the purpose.

F or the sake of ele'arnes's in explaining the construction of the mechanism for determining the exact relative positions of work and tool in a horizontal plane, let it be assumed that the sole of the shoe is flat and that when; the shoe is secured upon the work support the sole occupies a horizontal position at. substantially the working level of the tool. Under such conditions. it will be understood that as the work support 2 is oscillated to c'arr'y the work past the tool in opposite directions, the cam groove 18, which will beet the proper shape for the purpose, relative. traversing movement of work support and tool to follow a path approximat ing in shape the contour of the work, while the forward and backward movements of the tool 22 under the action, respectively. of the spring 40 and the work will cause such relative movement to be in a path agreeing exactly in shape with the said contour. However, in some machines and par ticularly in an edge-setting machine, it is necessary that the work be so presented to the tool that the acting'surfacc ot' the tool lever-So shall bear evenly (as lar as the curvature i said two levers and the work at l the lever 64 at 88 and to the lever 82 at 90,

of the contour permits) upon and rolls 20will constrain the end ot the rod and this all portions of the contour, that is to say, that'the line of thrust of the tool shall remain substantially normal to the contour or at some otherpredetermined angular relationship therewith in all positions of the ork while the successive parts of the work to be operated upon move past the tool. Furthermore. since. as a matter of fact, the sole of a shoe is non-fiat but is curved somewhat, as is indicated, for example, in Fig. 1, it is necessary or highly desirable also that, during the progressive operation of the tool along the work, there be relative turning movementbetween the work and tool about an axis that is substantially normal to the acting surface of the tool. These. two requirements are attained in the particular machine illustrated herein by the provision of two sets of correcting devices which bear upon the work, each set cont-rolling the action of a hydraulic mechanism that acts, when the normal relationship of the work and the tool is disturbed, to reestablish the said relationship.

Dealing first with the correcting mechanism that acts to maintain the line of thrust of the tool in a horizontalplane normal to the work, it comprises two'feelers 50, 52, one at each side of the. tool as is shown in Fig. 4:, which bear upon the sole edge E, against which they are pressed in known manner, as by springs. The teeler 50 is slidable in a boss 54 (shown in broken lines Fig. 4) formed upon the tool holder 26 and is universally jointed at its end remote from the work with a lever that is fixed on a rockshaft 58 journaled in bearings in the tool holder. 'Another lever 60, also fixed upon the rockshaft, is attached by connections such as are shown in detail in'Fig. 5 to a hollow rod or tube 62 pivoted to a lever or (Fi 3) that forms part of a controlling deany suitable or vicefor a hydraulic valve presently to be connections between the lever 60 and the which has a stem 68 journaled in a sleeve 70 at the end of lever 60, the yoke being pivotally mounted upon studs 7 2 projecting from the tube 62. The companion feeler 52, is likewise slidable in another boss 74 formed upon the tool holder 26 and is universally jointed at 'ts end remote from the work with a lever 76 pivoted on a stud 78 in the tool holder. The lever 76 is connected by a universal joint to 'a rod 80 that connects it to a lever 82 which also forms-part of the controlling device for the valve. For the sake of compactness the rod 62 is formed as a tube within which the rod 80 is received.

'lhe valve-controlling device proper comprises the two levers G4. 82 pivoted co-aX-' ially at 84- on the machine frame, a small Figs, 1 and 23) disposed between pivotally connected to i valve 96 forwardly parent, are situated atdifferent distances from the axis 84 upon which the levels 64 and 82 swing. The upper end ofthe small lever 86 is connected by a link 92 to a valve spindle 9.4 of valve 96 at a pointwhich coincides normally with the said axis 84. By this arrangement when the two levers '64 and 82 are swung by the action of the'work upon same direction the feelers and 52 in the through equal arcs, the small lever v86 will turn in company with them about the axis 84' andconsequently no movement will be imparted to the .valve 96. When, however,

there is relative movement betw-eenthele vers 64, 82 owing to a movement of one feeler with reference. to the other, which occurs when one feeler'moves to a greater extent than. its companion by reasonof changes in the contour or general direction of the work I or other form, the small lever 86 will be turned in relation to the levers 64 and 82 so. as to move its upper'end and with it the to the relative displacement of the levers 82, thereby controlling the passage to or from a hydraulic cylinder 100' of the oil'or other fluid that actuates a piston 105 therein.

It will be apparent that owing to the relative positions of points 84,88 and 90 a small relative displacement of the levers 64, 82 will effect a relatively larger movement of the valve 96 and thus render the adjusting mechanism'sensitive to small variations in the contour of the'work. The hydraulic-cylinder 100 is formed in or secured to the ma- '.chine frame and its piston, rod 102 is con;-

- mated by a link 104 to a lever 106 that is pivoted'at 108 to the bearing plate 12 and supports'the studs 20 hereinbefore referred to as engaging the cam groov'e'18 in the'work epp t The valve, which as shown in Figs. 6 and i -7 is of the piston type, is, provided with an 'inlet opening 110 for the fluid from the source of supply, two openings 112, 1141'ead ing respectively by passages 116 and 118 (Figs. 1 and 2) to the opposite sides of the piston 105 of the cylinder 100 and a'fourth opening 120 leading to the exhaust or an oil reservoir. Two pistons 122, 124 on the valve 4 .spindle 94 codperatewith the valve Openings i in a known manner, the direction of the pas sage of the fluid in. oneposition of the valve being indicated by arrows inFigs. 6 and 7. w

The operation of this portion of the machine is as follows: When the feelers 5.0, '52 and the tool 22 occupy a position similar to that in which-they are'shown inFig. 4, that is tosay, a posltion in which' the lineof thrust of the tool 22 is substantially normal to the contour of the edge-E and in articu- "lar to a line joining the'points'at w ich the two feelers engage the edge, the valve 96 occupies its central position which is some or backwardly according,

what to the left of the position shown in Fig. 6. At such .time, the passages 116-:118 leading to the cylinder arecut oil 'y pistons 122, 124 from the supply and from the-exhaust,- so that no movement of the piston,

10.5 in the cylinder ispermitted but when the feelers 50, 52 are moved relatively to one another by a variation in'the curvature of the work or general direction of the contour passing the tool, the levers 64, 82 which are'connected to the feelers, will likewise be moved relativelyf and, thus, through the small lever 86, will actuate the valve 96 and cause the piston of the cylinder 100 to be set in motion. This movement of the piston will swing the lever 106 about its pivot- 108 and as the work support -2 is controlled in position by the studs 20 on. lever 106 and by cam groove 18, the work support 2 also will be swung until the edge of thework 85 returns the feelers 50 52 to their normal po-., sit-ion and the upper. end of the small lever v86 to central position when the valve 96 will again be shut and the movement of the piston 105 stopped. Thus the feelers 50, 52

which will preferably be arranged relatively close together one in advance of the other upon the same pattern surface'or form, espeeially where a high degreeflof sensitiveness or accuracy in the correction is desired, tend 9 always to maintain the line of thrust of the tool 22 in aihorizontal plane'- substantially normal tothat art of the contour of the work immediate y opposite the tool.

turning movement of. the tool 22 andthe work about anaxis that is normal to the act- 'ing surface of the tool, comprises elements .7 that are'similar in construction and mode of operation to those already described in 05 connection with the mechanism for maintaining the line of thrust of the tool normal,

to the contour of the work and hence the des cri tion or illustration of this-mechanism in etail' would involy e needless repetition. However, this mechanism will now be set forth briefly as follows: A feeler is connected to the outer one 134 of two concentric connecting rods 134,136 (similar to rods 62,

shaft 138,, to whichthe feeler is secured and which is journaled' in the tool holder 26 and by means of an arm on the shaft 138 connected to said rod 134 while a second feeler 142 is connected to the inner one 136 of 120 the said concentric rods by an arm 144 on a rockshaft 146 'ournaled 1n the tool holder 26 to which roe shaft the'feeler-142 is securedJ As in the case ofthe mechanism first described,these concentric rods are connect- 125 ml toavalve 148 (Fi 2) by a system-of levers that is indicate generally at 150 in Fig. 1 and is or maybe exactly similar to the system including the levers 64, 82 and 86 The mechanism which effects the relative 80 already described) by means of a rock 115 above described. The valve148 controls the. 13o

' cylinder 16? are all carried upon the lever 36 in order that the oscillations of the latter shall not disturb their working relationship.

The operation of the feelers 180, letland the parts controlled by them is substantially the same as that of.the adjusting mechanism including the feelers 50, Briefly described it as follows: The feelers 130, 142

as shown in F 4, bear upon the underside of the sole of the boot r5 near the sole edge E,and any relative movement of the feelers due to alterations in relative height or level.

' of the part of the contour of the work engaged by them will, through the connections between them and the valve 1&8, cause the latter to be shifted so vas to effecta move- 'ment of the piston 160 in the cylinder 162. The moving piston, through the connections 16 1, 166, 168, 170, oscillates the tool holder 26 and the tool 22 about the axis of journal 28 until the tool is moved to its proper position in relation to the sole edge E when the feelers 130, 1-12 will likewise be returned to normal position and will shut the valve 148 to stop the movement of the piston 160 until another alteration of the level of the contour disturbs the relationship of the.

feelers 130, L12. I

Although in orderto describe fully one embodiment of the invention, a machine for burnishing or set-ting sole edges has been described in considerable detail, it must be clearly understood that the present inven tion is not, as already indicated, to be considered as limited in its application to an edge setting machine nor to the particular construction herein described since it may be embodied in other types of machines and in many other constructions without departing'from the spirit anc scope of the invention as defined in the claims.

Having thus indicated the nature and scope of the invention and. having likewise explained how may be embodied in a par ticular machine, what I claim as new and desire to protect by Letters Patent is:--

1. A machine in which a tool is caused to operate progressively along work, comprising means constructed and arranged to con strain the tool and work to assume successively predetermined relative positions, in combination with mechanism which may be rendered active automatically to corrector vary the operation of said means.

'2. A machine of the class described having, in combination, an operating tool, means for guiding the relative movement of the tool and work, and correcting means in-.

eluding a feeler constructed and arranged mechanism determined relationship to each other in a plurality of planes.

4:. A machine of the class described, comprising means for sustaining the work and anoperating tool relatively movable to carry the point of operation progressively along the work, guiding means acting nor- -mally to determine the successive relative positions of said sustaining means and tool in combination with additional means controlled by the work for correcting or varying the effect of said guiding means.

5. A machine of the class described, comprising a Work support, an operating tool, means for moving said support and tool automatically with relation to each other, guiding means acting normallyto determine approximately the relative posit-ion of said support and tool according 'to a desired contour of the work, in combination with additional means engaging said contour-for corrooting or varying the operation of said gu1d1ng means.

6. A machine of the class described having, in combination, a tool, a work support,

means for producing relative movement of said tool and support to transfer the point of operation of the tool along the work, and correcting mechanism acting through said means to correct the angular relation of the tool and the work, said mechanism including a feelcr engaging the work, and connections through which the mechanism is rendered active by variations in the position of the feeler as its point of engagement is transferred along the work.

7. A machine of the class described having, in combination, a tool, means for relatively moving the tool and the work to transfer the point of operation of the tool along the work, and correcting mechanism acting through said means to correct the angular relation of the tool and work, said 7 including a form engaging feeler, and connections through which said mechanism is rendered active by variations in the position of the feeler as its point of engagement is transferred along the form.

8. A machine in which a tool is caused to operate progressively along the work, comprising means constructed and arranged to constrain the tool and workto assume suc- I matically -noesam cessively in combination with work controlled mechanism which maybe rendered active autoto correct or vary the operation of said means. p I

9. A machine in which a tool is caused to operate progressively along the work comprising, in combination, means for producmg relative movement of the tool and work, a plurality of devices engaging the work and arranged to be moved therebyrelatively to the tool, and means constructed and arrangedto be set in operation by the movement of said devices to effect such relative movement of the .tool and work that the normal relationship of said devices to the tool will be restored.

10. In a machine of the class described, a

work support, atool constructed and arranged to operate upon the sole of a shoe, means including a feeler engaging a contour of the sole and hydraulically actuated mechanism controlled thereby for. determining the relative osition of sole and'tool.

11. A mac line of the class described, comprising a work support and an operating tool, In combination with mechanism for swinging one of these parts with relation to the other including continuously operative correcting means comprising a form engaging feeler and power actuated mechanism controlled thereby.

l2. A machine of the class described, comprising a work support and an operating tool, in combination with mechanism for swinging one of these parts to maintain the tool in predetermined angular relation with the work including continuously operative correcting means comprising a feeler and hydraulic mechanism controlled thereby.

13. A machine in which a tool is caused to operate'progressively along work, having, in combination, a work support and an operatingtool relativelymovable, and controlling mechanism'therefor, including two guiding members, automatic means for changing the positions ofsaid members, and means operated by said members to constrain the said support and tool to maintain a predetermined relation notwithstanding variations in the contour of the work.

14. A machine in which a tool is caused to operate upon work along a definite contour, having, in combination, a work support and an operating tool relatively movable, a guide, saidsupport and guide'being provided one with a cam groove and the other with two guiding members co-acting withv the groove, and means-for swinging theguide to main tain the desired relation between work and tool as the pointof operation is transferred along the work,

i 15. A machine of the class described, comprising an operating tool, a plurality of feelers constructed and .arranged to bear predetermined relative positions,"

be actuated by the relative iipon a form along a predetermine in combination with power actuated mecha nism controlled by the relative movement of said feelers to maintain the line of action of the tool in a predetermined angular relation to said contour. b

16. .A machine of the class described, comprising a toolfor operating progressively along work, power actuated means for mov-' ing the work with relation to the tool, and controlling means therefor comprising a pair of feelers arranged to bear against a pattern surface and by their movement with relation to each other to cause the operation of the power actuated means;

17. A machine in which-a. tool is caused to operate progressivelyalong work, comprisingwork positioning mechanism and con trolling means therefor including a plurality of form engaging devices movable both relatively and together and constructed. and

arranged to become active to actuate thework positioning mechanism only upon their relative movement.

18. A machine in which a tool is caused to operate progressively along work, comprising a pair of .feelers engaging a pattern surface, power actuated means for moving work and tool, means therefor constructed ondary lever pivoted to said concentric levers at different distances from their axis,

andra connection at a point normally in said axis from the secondary lever to the power actuated means.

20. In a machine of the class described, a work support and a tool constructed and armeans for supporting the tool to permit it to move about an axissubstantially normal to the edge of the sole, and positioning mecharanged for operating upon the sole of a shoe,

nism including means'acting upon the face. a

of the sole near its edge tool automatically about said axis. I

21. A machine of the class: described, a work support and a tool constructed and arranged for operating upon the sole of the shoe, a movable tool carrier in which the tool is mounted for movement about an axis subr turning theli stantially normal to the sole edge, means acting upoh said carrier to maintain the tool constantly in engagement with the work, and positioning mechanism. including means acting upon the face of the sole near its edge,

and hydraulic mechanism controlled thereby and supported by the carrier for turning the tool automatically about said axis.

in a machine of the class described, a.

work support and an operating tool relatively movable in a plurality of directions, means for ccntrolling the relative position ot wort: and tool romprising a hydraulic cylinder and a piston therein, operative conneetions betveen the piston and the Work support or tool, a valve com-rolling the movement of the. piston, and a pair ot'feelers constructed and arranged to be moved with relation to each other through the varying contour of a. pattern surface and thereby to shift the valve and correct the relative positinn oit tool and work.

)3. in a machine ot the class described, an operating tool, a v'verlt support, means for guiding the relative movement of tool and \VOl'lT, and correcting means including a plurality o't feelers constructed and arranged to engage respective pattern "surfaces to main tain the tool in predetermined angular relation with the work in. planes transverse to each other.

1-. A. machine of the class described, comp ing an operating tool, a plurality of sets of devicesv engaging the work along diiierent lines, the devices of each set being constructed and arranged to be moved relatively to each other by the work, in combination vvith mechanisms controlled by the relative movement of said devices to control the relation of work and tool in a plurality of planes transverse to each other.

25. .ln a machine of the class described, an operating tool, a pairot feelers engaging-a contour of the work upon opposite sides of the tool, pon er actuated means for relatively moving work and tool, and connections betlft'tli the teeters and the said means-inclnd i'ig a pair ot etmeentric shafts universally iointed at their re et-tive ends to the feelers and to the power actuated mechanism.

it A machine in which a tool is caused to operatipro "icly along the work, comprising urea: msirncted and arranged to (,tlllrli'tllll the tool and vvorh to a, nine sueeessively pi'etlt-terniined r lative positions eeannin combination with pattern controlled mechanism which may be rendered active automatically to correct or vary the operation of said means.

27. A machine in which the tool is caused to operate progressively along the work comprising, in combination, a work support, means for producing relative movenn'nt of the tool and work support to transfer the point of operation oi the tool along the work, and means controlled by engagement with the work to relatively swing said tool and work support automatically to maintain at the point of operation a predetermined relationship of the tool and work in a plurality of planes.

A. machine of the class described, comprising in combination, a work support, a tool constructed and arranged to operate upon a shoe, means, including a teeter, engaging a contour of the sole of the shoe and liuid pressure actuated mechanism controlled by said means for determining the relative position of shoe and tool.

29. A machine of the class described, comprising in combination, a tool constructed and arranged to operate progressively along work, guiding means acting normally to deteri'nine the successive relative positions of tool and Work, and means simultaneously engaging a form at separated points tor correcting or varying the effect. ct, said guiding means.

30. A machine of the class described, comprising in coml'iination, a work support, a tool constructed and arranged tor operating upon the sole of a. shoe, means supporting the tool to permit it to more about an axis sul'istantially normal to the edge of the sole, and positioning mechanism, including means engaging the sole for turning the tool automatically about said axis.

In testimony whereof l have signed my name to this specification in the presence ol two subscribing witnesses.

FRANK BYCROVF KEALL.

lVitnesses Gnaon Homncs, Amntin ltl. JERRA 1a. 

